Numerical analysis

Computational probability is a set of stochastic methods that has emerged over the past decade that allow researchers and students to solve problems that require exact probability calculations previously considered arduous or intractable.

This book is an example-based introduction to techniques, from elementary to advanced, of using Mathematica, a revolutionary tool for mathematical computation and exploration.

The articles that comprise this distinguished annual volume for the Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics series have been written in honor of Gilbert Strang, a world renowned mathematician and exceptional person.

Mathematics is playing an ever more important role in the physical and biological sciences, provoking a blurring of boundaries between scienti?

There can be no question, my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before breakfast.

The book of nature, according to Galilei, is written in the language of mat- matics.

Deformable objects are ubiquitous in the world surrounding us, on all levels from micro to macro.

Matrix algebra is one of the most important areas of mathematics for data analysis and for statistical theory.

As the editors of this volume we are very happy to publish a selection of the papers that were presented at the seventh Conference of Working Group 3.

This book focuses on variational methods in imaging science.

Mathematicsisplayinganevermoreimportantroleinthephysicalandbiol- ical sciences, provoking a blurring of boundaries between scienti?

Thesubjectofthisbookisthenested partitions method(NP),arelativelynew optimization method that has been found to be very e?

The foreign exchange market is one of the most complex dynamic markets with the characteristics of high volatility, nonlinearity and irregularity.

This book is written for quantitative finance professionals, students, educators, and mathematically inclined individual investors.

There has been dramatic growth in the development and application of Bayesian inference in statistics.

Recent results in local convergence and semi-local convergence analysis constitute a natural framework for the theoretical study of iterative methods.

This book aims to give a complete and self-contained presentation of semi- Markov models with finitely many states, in view of solving real life problems of risk management in three main fields: Finance, Insurance and Reliability providing a useful complement to our first book (Janssen and Manca (2006)) which gives a theoretical presentation of semi-Markov theory.

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Unlike the many other textbooks on the topic of linear algebra, this book stands out from the crowd by including mathematical and computational chapters along with examples and exercises with Matlab.

This book presents a unified theory of the Finite Element Method and the Boundary Element Method for a numerical solution of second order elliptic boundary value problems.

Stability and Optimization of Structures: Generalized Sensitivity Analysis is the first book to address issues of structural optimization against nonlinear buckling.

This interdisciplinary book presents numerical techniques needed for chemical and biological engineers using Matlab.

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The central theme of this book is the solution of Diophantine equations, i.

This book deals with several aspects of what is now called "e;explicit number theory.

This book introduces and analyzes the multigrid approach for the numerical solution of large sparse linear systems arising from the discretization of elliptic partial differential equations.

Teaching or learning numerical methods in applied mathematics cannot be conceived nowadays without numerical experimentation on computers.

This IMA Volume in Mathematics and its Applications Wireless Communications contains papers based on invited lectures at the very successful IMA Sum- mer Program on Wireless Communications, held on June 22 - July 1, 2005.

Over the years, a number of books have been written on the theory of functional equations.

Computer Science and Operations Research continue to have a synergistic relationship and this book represents the results of cross-fertilization between OR/MS and CS/AI.

Over the past decade there has been an explosion of developments in mixed e?

Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics brings together for the first time social scientists and engineers to develop a predictive theory of social organization, as a conglomerate of mating flows that morph in time to flow more easily (people, goods, money, energy, information).

The world is continuous, but the mind is discrete.

In one sense, the problem of finding the densest packing of congruent circles in a square is easy to understand.

Numerical Optimization presents a comprehensive and up-to-date description of the most effective methods in continuous optimization.

Conics and Cubics is an accessible introduction to algebraic curves.

After that, it was down to attitude.

Principles of Mathematics in Operations Research is a comprehensive survey of the mathematical concepts and principles of industrial mathematics.

Antanas ~ilinskas was born on January 5, 1946 in Lithuania.

Proceedings volume contains carefully selected papers presented during the 17th IFIP Conference on System Modelling and Optimization.

This book is unique in treating mathematical logic in a concise and streamlined fashion.

System Modelling and Optimization covers research issues within systems theory, optimization, modelling, and computing.

Linear stochastic systems are successfully used to provide mathematical models for real processes in fields such as aerospace engineering, communications, manufacturing, finance and economy.

Scientific applications involve very large computations that strain the resources of whatever computers are available.

The primary reason for producing this book is to demonstrate and commu- nicate the pervasive nature of Discrete Optimisation.

Plasticity and Geotechnics is the first attempt to summarize and present, in one volume, the major developments achieved to date in the field of plasticity theory for geotechnical materials and its applications to geotechnical analysis and design.